Originally Posted by patdesign
Originally Posted by SueSew
Originally Posted by MarySews
I would guess that the teacher never did any clothing construction -- wool, plaid is what I am thinking of, how I wish I had it in those days. I started using it for long sewing like cutains where the slight slide forward escalates as it goes on for many inches. It is so valuable for sewing long strips together, binings etc.
If it puckers, it is not working correctly.
Great idea to use it for curtains - I'm going to try it the next time I do long strips. But uh-oh I'm addicted to my 1/4" foot... I've only been using it for sandwiched stuff for SITD, straight-line and binding. Since I dont fmq it gets a lot of use,
I have a brother 1500s quilting machine, and it came with a walking foot, AND the edge of the walking foot is exactly 1/4 inch. LOVE it!
I'm so jealous - someone earlier in this thread said that they got a 1/4" walking foot. My walking foot is a big clunky thing, very wide. It's great for sandwiches but tough for binding. I tried moving the needle position to get 1/4 inch but I'm better off with the 1/4" foot for piecing - it guides the material so that I don't miss having both feed dogs at work. When I first started piecing, I moved the needle way to the right so that I could get both feed dogs working, which helped me to sew straight.
I saw one of the expensive Janome machines which has a fancy foot which you can set to walk or not to walk, depending on what you are doing. The problem with walking feet, as someone here pointed out is they are big and bulky and obscure your vision somewhat.